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Stephen Faldo, Marchioness skipper, funeral

Title
Stephen Faldo, Marchioness skipper, funeral
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
1 Sep 1989
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:02:37
Description
Camilla Affleck reports on the funeral of Captain Stephen Faldo, who died when his boat, the Marchioness collided with a Thames sand-dredger called the Bowbelle. Over 300 people crowded into the south chapel at the City of London Cemetery in Manor Park. Includes interview with Dorothy Broomfield(?), funeral director; George Clarke(?), pleasure boat owner; Michael Stanton, Westminster pier worker.
Contributors
Camilla Affleck; Dorothy Broomfield(?); George Clarke(?); Michael Stanton
Keywords
Deaths; London; Sailors; Funerals; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Drowning; Marchioness; Bowbelle; Stephen Faldo; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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